Please help, troubles retrieving with qmail/vpopmail
I cannot seem to retrieve mail. I am using qmail, ucspitcp adn vpopmail with vchkpw. It appears the vchkpw is failing authentication I am using one virtual domain and one virtual user, it will also fail with a /etc/passwd user. If I attempt to retrieve mail with [EMAIL PROTECTED], I get the foollwing message: Feb 1 00:39:25 sparky vpopmail[698]: vchkpw: No user found foobar@:192.168.1.1 If I attempt to retrive mail using [EMAIL PROTECTED], I get the following message: Feb 1 00:36:25 sparky vpopmail[647]: vchkpw: execvp() failed Please help I can send more info if needed Thanks, calvin Here is my start up script. == exec env - PATH="/var/qmail/bin:$PATH" \ qmail-start ./Maildir splogger qmail /usr/local/bin/tcpserver -u 1007 -g 100 -c 120 -H -R -x /var/qmail/control/tcp.smtp.cdb 0 smtp /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd 21 | /var/qmail/bin/splogger qmail-smtpd 3 /usr/local/bin/tcpserver -H -R 0 pop3 /var/qmail/bin/qmail-popup \ name.domain.com /bin/vchkpw /var/qmail/bin/qmail-pop3 Maildir 21 | \ /var/qmail/bin/splogger pop3d here is a ps -ef |grep qmail qmails 568 0.0 0.3 984 648 pts/4S 00:28:58 0:00 qmail-send qmaill 569 0.0 0.5 1648 1096 pts/4S 00:28:58 0:00 splogger qmail root 570 0.0 0.3 928 544 pts/4S 00:28:58 0:00 qmail-lspawn ./Maildir root 571 0.0 0.4 1640 912 pts/4S 00:28:58 0:00 /var/qmail/bin/splogger qmail-smtpd 3 qmaild 572 0.0 0.5 1664 1232 pts/4S 00:28:58 0:00 /usr/local/bin/tcpserver -u 1007 -g 100 -c 120 -H -R -x /var/qmail/control/tcp.smtp.cdb 0 smtp /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd root 573 0.0 0.4 1640 912 pts/4S 00:28:58 0:00 /var/qmail/bin/splogger pop3d root 574 0.0 0.5 1664 1232 pts/4S 00:28:58 0:00 /usr/local/bin/tcpserver -H -R 0 pop3 /var/qmail/bin/qmail-popup sparky.zrx1200.com /bin/vchkpw /var/qmail/bin/qmail-pop3 Maildir qmailr 575 0.0 0.3 920 584 pts/4S 00:28:58 0:00 qmail-rspawn qmailq 576 0.0 0.3 912 576 pts/4S 00:28:58 0:00 qmail-clean
Re: Millennium Money network
I have a question: Sorry for being off topic but this really bugs me. I am a new qmail administrator. Lets say I were running this list and I received this obvious spam, what would be the first step that I should take if I were running the list? What are the next series of steps? I am willing to read and search the Internet for advice but would appreciate the experts on this list's advice also. After all I am not really interested in what sendmail or exchange admins are doing I want the qmail users solutions. Would I be correct to forward this e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ? Would I be correct to forward this e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]? When spam like this is received, if you take a look at the address it is from, you will notice that it is a namerandomnumber@hotmail.com what these spammers do, is a way of avoiding obvious ways of spam detection. They have a list of domains, excite.com is often used, and then use a dictionary file or somethin to form the username, and follow it by a random number. Chances are that the hotmail account does not exist so forwarding it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wont do much good (infact, at the beginning of the email they say its fake). As for the other abuse address, if someone is running an open relay, chances are their abuse department will be: 1) Very very busy 2) Not bothered at all 3) Not exist So, theres not much you can do. You can check the website for info, and then email them, but theyre likely to be uninterested. Generally, some useful tools for stopping spam are http://abuse.net and www.spamcop.net Spamcop will search through the headers, reverse resolve IPs, check abuse.net records, check ORBS database and then generate abuse reports and send them to absolutely anyone vaguely involved with the email. Id recommend Spamcop, but many ISPs are not really interested until you start to call them, but this is a lot of hassle, spamcop does the best job you could do really. You could, finally, install ORBS blocking on your server which could eliminate spam, but i dont entirely agree, because it could also block some genuine email (and has in my experience). But if you want to try it, there are plenty of docs around, cant think where though, try qmail.org Hope this was of some help, if anyone else has any ideas id like to hear them! daniel(@iv2.co.uk)
Re: pop accounts
Hi, is there a way to use just username, to check a mail account, instead of using user%domain.com ? Thanks Well, if you think about it... vpopmail allows you to use one POP3 server for many different domains. You may have a [EMAIL PROTECTED] and a [EMAIL PROTECTED] and their email will be stored in entirely seperate places, even though their username is the same, it doesnt mean they are the same person. The POP3 server has to know which domain it is checking, so, my answer to this is probably not as i dont see how it would be possible! daniel (@iv2.co.uk) - waiting to be proven wrong
Ynt: (Another) Bug in qmailadmin 0.42 ?
Yes i included "--enable-webpass=vpopmail" in the configure parameters. ( This is my FULL configure line: = ./configure --with-cachedir=/home/mailsys/sqwebmail/cache --without-authmysql --enable-logincache --enable-webpass=vpopmail --with-module=authvchkpw --enable-hardtimeout=7200 --enable-softtimeout=3600 --with-htmllibdir=/home/mailsys/sqwebmail --enable-cgibindir=/home/mailsys/sqwebmail/cgi-bin --enable-imagedir=/home/mailsys/sqwebmail/images/ --enable-imageurl=/images/ = ) Best Regards, M. Guven Mucuk [EMAIL PROTECTED] -zgn leti- Kimden: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kime: M. Guven Mucuk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bilgi: Vpopmail Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tarih: 01 ubat 2001 Perembe 18:14 Konu: Re: (Another) Bug in qmailadmin 0.42 ? Did you compile sqwebmail with --enable-webpass=vpopmail ? Tren. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - Tren Blackburn - Ownermailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] = = End of Time Networks http://www.theendoftime.net - - (403) 269-2122 = =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, M. Guven Mucuk wrote: Hello, I'm using: daemontools-0.70, ezmlm-0.53, ezmlm-idx-0.40, gdbm-1.8.0, qmail-1.03, qmailadmin-0.42, sqwebmail-1.2.4, ucspi-tcp-0.88, vpopmail-4.9.8 with MySQL (3.23.26-beta). My problem: Everything works fine, except: After a succesful qmailadmin login for domain, i change a user's password. When i try to login via sqwebmail with that user the new password, login fails. (old password is still working). (P.S.: While changing users password @qmailadmin, i get no error messages.) Thank you, M. Guven Mucuk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: (Another) Bug in qmailadmin 0.42 ?
"M. Guven Mucuk" wrote: Hello, I'm using: daemontools-0.70, ezmlm-0.53, ezmlm-idx-0.40, gdbm-1.8.0, qmail-1.03, qmailadmin-0.42, sqwebmail-1.2.4, ucspi-tcp-0.88, vpopmail-4.9.8 with MySQL (3.23.26-beta). My problem: Everything works fine, except: After a succesful qmailadmin login for domain, i change a user's password. When i try to login via sqwebmail with that user the new password, login fails. (old password is still working). (P.S.: While changing users password @qmailadmin, i get no error messages.) Thank you, M. Guven Mucuk [EMAIL PROTECTED] There are a couple things you should track down to find out exactly what is happening (instead of guessing). Both vpopmail and sqwebmail have multiple ways to authenticate a user. vpopmail also knows about the one sqwebmail-pass file which is stored in the users Maildir that contains the sqwebmail users password. Vpopmail must be compiled to set that password. I think this is the default method. If you just ran $vpopmail ./configure vpopmail would update the sqwebmail-pass file with a tabencrypted password To check the above: 0) ls -l ~vpopmail/domains/domain/user/Maildir/sqwebmail-p* or it might be in user/sqwebmail-p* you will have to check. 1) ~vpopmail/bin/vpasswd user@domain password This will update the vpopmail password file or database. you said this was working, so you wouldn't need to test it, unless you want to be complete. It should also update that sqwebmail password file. So check the time again.. 2) Repeat step Zero. The above tests will show if vpopmail is updating everything we expect it to do. If the above works,check sqwebmail. Sqwebmail has a wide range of configure options. Go read the INSTALL file twice. Then you'll start to get the hang of it. You'll notice one section that talks about auth modules. Read that AGAIN! Now, check the options you built your current sqwebmail binary with. Not what is set now, but what you are actually running. Check what you do against what I describe. 1) disable every single authentication method 2) enable vchkpw method 3) --enable-webpass=vpopmail That's it. I bet you didn't enable webpass! Ken Jones
Re: (Another) Bug in qmailadmin 0.42 ?
Did you compile sqwebmail with --enable-webpass=vpopmail ? Tren. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - Tren Blackburn - Ownermailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] = = End of Time Networks http://www.theendoftime.net - - (403) 269-2122 = =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, M. Guven Mucuk wrote: Hello, I'm using: daemontools-0.70, ezmlm-0.53, ezmlm-idx-0.40, gdbm-1.8.0, qmail-1.03, qmailadmin-0.42, sqwebmail-1.2.4, ucspi-tcp-0.88, vpopmail-4.9.8 with MySQL (3.23.26-beta). My problem: Everything works fine, except: After a succesful qmailadmin login for domain, i change a user's password. When i try to login via sqwebmail with that user the new password, login fails. (old password is still working). (P.S.: While changing users password @qmailadmin, i get no error messages.) Thank you, M. Guven Mucuk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: (Another) Bug in qmailadmin 0.42 ?
Oups! Thank you, i'll re-configure without that mistake. Best Regards, M. Guven Mucuk [EMAIL PROTECTED] -zgn leti- Kimden: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kime: M. Guven Mucuk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bilgi: Vpopmail Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tarih: 01 ubat 2001 Perembe 20:16 Konu: Re: Ynt: (Another) Bug in qmailadmin 0.42 ? You made a mistake in your configure line. There is no --with-module=vchkpw. It would be --with-authvchkpw. Cheers, Tren. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - Tren Blackburn - Ownermailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] = = End of Time Networks http://www.theendoftime.net - - (403) 269-2122 = =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, M. Guven Mucuk wrote: Yes i included "--enable-webpass=vpopmail" in the configure parameters. ( This is my FULL configure line: = ./configure --with-cachedir=/home/mailsys/sqwebmail/cache --without-authmysql --enable-logincache --enable-webpass=vpopmail --with-module=authvchkpw --enable-hardtimeout=7200 --enable-softtimeout=3600 --with-htmllibdir=/home/mailsys/sqwebmail --enable-cgibindir=/home/mailsys/sqwebmail/cgi-bin --enable-imagedir=/home/mailsys/sqwebmail/images/ --enable-imageurl=/images/ = ) Best Regards, M. Guven Mucuk [EMAIL PROTECTED] -zgn leti- Kimden: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kime: M. Guven Mucuk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bilgi: Vpopmail Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tarih: 01 ubat 2001 Perembe 18:14 Konu: Re: (Another) Bug in qmailadmin 0.42 ? Did you compile sqwebmail with --enable-webpass=vpopmail ? Tren. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - Tren Blackburn - Ownermailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] = = End of Time Networks http://www.theendoftime.net - - (403) 269-2122 = =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, M. Guven Mucuk wrote: Hello, I'm using: daemontools-0.70, ezmlm-0.53, ezmlm-idx-0.40, gdbm-1.8.0, qmail-1.03, qmailadmin-0.42, sqwebmail-1.2.4, ucspi-tcp-0.88, vpopmail-4.9.8 with MySQL (3.23.26-beta). My problem: Everything works fine, except: After a succesful qmailadmin login for domain, i change a user's password. When i try to login via sqwebmail with that user the new password, login fails. (old password is still working). (P.S.: While changing users password @qmailadmin, i get no error messages.) Thank you, M. Guven Mucuk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Fw: failure notice
* Daniel Hardaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] [010201 17:04]: Hi. This is the qmail-send program at jupiter.iv2web.net. I tried to deliver a bounce message to this address, but the bounce bounced! [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Connected to 206.129.166.188 but sender was rejected. Remote host said: 553 ...domain required ALthough this is probably not related to vpopmail, I think theres more chance of help here than anywhere else... Anyone have any idea about this bounce message? I have replaced the username with user...it seems intermittant, sometimes it gets delivered fine and theres nothing revealing in any log files... That doesn't look like a qmail message to me. More like someone's idiotic, broken mailer that is rejecting bounces. (Bounces usually have an empty envelope sender.) (pcg@terra) ~ telnet pim.infospace.com 25 Trying 206.129.166.188... Connected to pim.infospace.com. Escape character is '^]'. 220 PIM1 2.50.4874.14028 SMTP Ready HELO example.com 250 (example.com) pleased to meet you. MAIL FROM: 553 ...domain required QUIT 221 Service closing transimission session Connection closed by foreign host. Yep, they've goofed up. /pg -- Peter Green : Gospel Communications Network, SysAdmin : [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Sometimes when I feel like killing someone, I do a little trick to calm myself down. I'll go over to the persons house and ring the doorbell. When the person comes to the door, I'm gone, but you know what I've left on the porch? A jack-o-lantern with a knife stuck in the side of it's head with a note that says: 'You.' After that I usually feel a lot better, and no harm done. (Jack Handey)
Fw: Auditing passwds
Well, as nobody posted an answer I did some tests and here's what I've found: With cdb auth using vpasswd file is just fine to use it for passwd auditing with John The Ripper. It works also when a user has changed the passwd with SqWebMail. I think John is the best suited for this as it can mail the user a warning if it's passwd is weak. I have copied vpasswd file to a Linux SuSE 7.0 where I have john the ripper version 1.6.22-DEV Hope that helps someone concerned about mail users privacy Franco Galian. - Original Message - From: "Franco Galian" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "vchkpw" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 7:04 AM Subject: Auditing passwds Hi, I've noticed that when I create an account, first the system updates vpasswd and then it updates vpasswd.cdb. It's that right? because I am willing to do an audit to user passwds, so I just could use vpasswd file for example with john the ripper, anybody has tryed this? Thanks in advance Franco Galian PS: I have qmail 1.0.3 + vpopmail 4.9.8.+ ezmlm(0.53)-idz(0.40) + qmailadmin 0.42 + sqwebmail 1.23 running at an OpenBSD 2.8 box
Re: Pop freeze after update
At 02:57 02/02/2001, Kari Suomela wrote: Wednesday January 31 2001 17:21, Da Bey wrote to All: DB now while i'm stuck to the PASS command, DB my server is getting loaded with this : DB 19703 ?S 0:00 \_ supervise qmail-pop3d DB 19713 ?S 0:00 | \_ /usr/local/bin/tcpserver -u 77 DB -g DB 77 -H -R 0 pop3 /var/qmail/bin/qmail-popup Did you find a way to fix this? Unfortunatly not. tought i'm still trying to figure out why it beaves like this.
Next 5.0 features
We are looking at the features to add to the vpopmail 5.0 release. Here are the current major changes we are thinking about 1. vqmail-local support. This means, a new vpopmail program that can be used to replace qmail-local for sites which are primarily running vpopmail users/domains. For large volume sites this means one less fork/exec for email deliveries. What this means: a) Kris's additions to vpopmail for qmail-local type processing. Integrating his work into the current vpopmail archecture. b) new API's to support add/del/modify of dot-qmail type files. c) modifications to each authentication module to support dot-qmail file tile processing d) backward compatibility to support standard dot-qmail file setups on current machines. 2. qmailadmin support for new vpopmail api's a) backward compatibility to read the current dot-qmail files for mailing lists, forwards, aliases and autoresponders b) support for the new vpopmail api to get/set dot-qmail information. 3. Code review for efficency These are the things that are important to me. If anyone here has things that are important to them, please speak up. Perhaps what you have to say will solve problems that other people are seeing. Ken Jones PS: I think I've got an idea for modifications to sqwebmail/courier-imap makefiles to support the ~vpopmail/etc/lib-deps and lib-inc file. I would be interested to hear real world experiences from folks who are running vpopmail(etc). Perhaps we can figure out what needs to be changed to make it a better package.
Re: Next 5.0 features
I would be interested to hear real world experiences from folks who are running vpopmail(etc). Perhaps we can figure out what needs to be changed to make it a better package. Overall, vpopmail is a fantastic package - the only issue I have is the way it hashes the directories i.e. /0 /1 /2 etc.. it's rather counter-intuitive and rubs me the wrong way for some reason.. :) Unfortunately, the only other idea that I have for this is to actually hash the mailbox name (or similar) into a ad87hdk style hash (which is not exactly intuitive either :) Apart from that, I love it. :) //umar.
